Ethical obligations in fertility treatment when intimate partners withhold information from each other: an Ethics Committee opinion

Clinicians should encourage disclosure between intimate partners but should maintain confidentiality in cases where there is no prospect of harm to the partner and/or offspring. In cases where a member of a couple refuses to disclose relevant health information to the other partner and there exists a risk of harm to the unaware partner and/or offspring, clinicians may refuse to offer care and should decline to treat if full informed consent is not possible because of the lack of disclosure. This document replaces the previously published document of the same name, last published in 2018. (Fertil Steril (R) 2024;121:428-33. (c) 2024 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.) El resumen esta disponible en Espanol al final del articulo.